Carlyle Norman, Author at Highline Magazine

The Sound of Silence

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Carlyle Norman | 5 Comments

Feeling socially overwhelmed during the holidays is as certain for me as a stomachache induced by a chocolate breakfast on Christmas morning. Anyone had the misfortune of listening to the radio lately? Yikes, I actually start to grit my teeth when some pop stars banal rendition of ”All I want for Christmas” attacks my ears. Between the terrible Christmas songs…

Lost in Translation

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Carlyle Norman | 2 Comments

Years ago, my good friend Dragon and I went down to Texas to climb little rocks. Because neither of us were boulderers or particularly adept at following rules (and they love their rules in Hueco Tanks) our introduction was a little rocky. After a few hostile encounters with the native rangers (them threatening to throw us out of the park,…

Helmet, Shmelmet!

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Carlyle Norman | 0 Comments

Ive been thinking and talking about risk and reward a lot this summer and have found the conversations always lead to the same issue: what is reasonable risk? Obviously the idea isnt to exterminate all risk from our lives or wed all be playing Tetris instead of spending our days outside. But in our society the level of acceptable risk…

Beautiful Choss

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Carlyle Norman | 1 Comments

It’s that time of year. If you venture into an establishment that wont evict you for dirty fingernails, you may spot it: its the table with the haggard-looking eyes-glazed-over pair, slumping over beers that they are wearily guarding with their life. Sidle a little closer and you may overhear the inane ramblings of two people dealing with the comedown of…

Always a Silver Lining

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Carlyle Norman | 0 Comments

In case youve been too busy grumpily looking at the sky to notice, the wildflowers are really strutting their stuff this year. Im no botanist, but my theory is that the combination of an underwhelming bloom last year and the recent hot weather we’ve had, interspersed with plenty of rain, has produced scenes that would put a Bambi cartoon to…

The Sound of Silence

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Helmet, Shmelmet!

Beautiful Choss

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